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Three Labor Law Challenges During COVID-19

With the pandemic continuing to disrupt normal business processes, several labor law issues hang over employers. Here are three that are worthy of attention: Can employers or unions force the... read more →
  • August 18, 2020
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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Employers Regain the Right to Restrict Employee Use of Company Email Systems

Can your employees use your company email systems to communicate with other employees for the purposes of organizing a union in your shop? That important question was decided by the... read more →
  • August 10, 2020
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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National Labor Relations Board Overrules Procedure for Counting Dual-Marked Ballots

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just made matters a bit clearer for employers on procedures for counting dual-marked ballots in union representation elections. Dual marked ballots are those with... read more →
  • June 30, 2020
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale

National Labor Relations Board Issues Surprise Decision on Mandatory Arbitration

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just issued a unanimous decision invalidating an employer’s mandatory arbitration agreement. This decision, from what is a Republican controlled board, comes as a surprise... read more →
  • June 28, 2019
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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Uber Gets a Boost from the NLRB

For months now, drivers for the ride-sharing company Uber have been agitating for better pay. Last week, Peter Robb, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), released... read more →
  • May 31, 2019
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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U.S. Department of Labor Moves to Limit Wage Claims Against Large Chains

Franchises and small contractors are often small, cash-starved enterprises, making it difficult for disgruntled employees to recover their losses in wage disputes.  This fact led to an Obama era labor... read more →
  • May 6, 2019
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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Is a New Joint Employer Rule On The Way?

Are you an employer whose employees also work for other corporate entities as well? If you answer yes – then you’re probably what’s called a joint employer. Joint employment is... read more →
  • June 22, 2018
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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National Labor Relations Board Issues Three Major Decisions Impacting Employers

There is little secret about the fact that the Trump administration is intent on rolling back Obama era employment regulations. In the past 30 days, the now Republican-controlled National Labor... read more →
  • February 9, 2018
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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National Labor Relations Board Changes Standards for Employee Handbooks

The impact of the new Republican administration continues to be felt strongly in employment and labor law. In a newly issued ruling (early December) involving a Boeing Corporation “no camera”... read more →
  • December 22, 2017
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale
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What A Trump Era National Labor Relations Board Decision Means For Employers

Employers during the Obama years felt particularly vulnerable to expansive interpretations of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act – interpretations many felt left non-unionized employers particularly open to... read more →
  • April 28, 2017
  • Kainen, Escalera & McHale

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